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Get Involved
Geting involved at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is easy to do and we recommend it to all of our congregation. If you'd like to get involved with any of the groups mentioned below feel free to contact us or give us a call at 330-492-2743 to sign up. We look forward to your volunteer service.
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Caring and Fellowship
The mission of the committee is to maintain a membership roster and to provide programs of care and fellowship for all members. The congregation is divided into six Caring Groups of approximately 20 to 30 family units per group. The groups have been organized by similar interests such as families with children, active retirees, etc. The committee of Caring Group leaders meets bi-monthly to plan fellowship events and review activities of the individual Caring Groups and to review attendance records so that members who have not regularly attended church can be contacted.
During the year Caring Groups may hold individual social events and provide care for members in need within their groups. Caring Groups also take on projects such as providing a nursery, making suppers during the Advent midweek services, visiting shut-ins, encouraging members to attend church regularly and organizing ushers and greeters for each service. Caring Groups also are responsible for organizing coffee hours, decorating the church for Christmas and organizing the Easter Breakfast, Christmas pot luck dinner and Rally Day congregational dinner. They also organize well-attended congregational social events throughout the year such as Canton Symphony Pops Concerts, plays, Cleveland Indians ball games and bus tours.
Meetings and events for all members
Meets throughout the year
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WELCA WELCA is the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church unit of Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. We are part of the Canton-Massillon Cluster, the Northeast Synod, and the churchwide WELCA organization. Participation is open to all women in the congregation. At present there are two circles that meet monthly, except July and August, for bible study and fellowship. Hannah Circle meets the first Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. and Hope Circle meets the second Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Three evening general meetings are held in March, September, and December.
Project Days are held the second Tuesday of each month. Projects include the assembling of health kits, sewing kits, and quilts for Lutheran World Relief and comfort kits for the Red Cross. Members also collect Acme grocery receipts for the summer lunch program, cancelled postage stamps, Campbell soup labels, and used eye glasses. WELCA members take care of bereavement dinners, the library, the kitchen, assigning communion duty, and flower wrapping. Care bears are placed in the front church pews to be given to anyone in need of comfort.
Each year WELCA presents a congregational thankoffering service with the offering going to the churchwide WELCA organization to be used for grants and scholarships. Throughout the year the group also contributes to a ministerial student fund, the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Arizona, the Lutheran Women’s League at St. Luke’s, and various other charities and church projects including the Community Christmas Fund.
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Luther League
Luther League is the high school age youth group of Good Shepherd Church. The high school youth gather for fellowship and service. They assist in the leadership of the worship services, go sledding and tubing, miniature golfing, picking up trash in the neighborhood. They assist with vacation Bible School and church choir, and food drives. The highlight of the youth program is attending a national Lutheran Convention every three years in various cities throughout the United States.
Meetings for all high school grades 9 – 12.
Meets 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month 6:30 pm.
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Young Lutherans
Young Lutherans is a group of children in the 1st-6th grades who meet once a month. Young Lutheran's is a "social" group. The goal of this group is for the children to get to know each other so that they can "grow" together.
Events which have been held during 2006 include: a bowling and ice cream treat party; an Easter Egg hunt and party; a kite flying get-together; a summer swim party and picnic; and Vacation Bible School.
Monthly meeting for all elementary age kids
Meets 4th Sunday of the month, time to be determined on event scheduled
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Town and Gown
Town and Gown is the cooperative young adult group for members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and the students at Walsh University and Malone College.
Many students away from home for the first time need a place and a people that is safe and like home. Many students need to have a gathering away from college. Many students seek to keep their Lutheran roots intact, enjoy the benefits of Word and Sacrament.
Town and Gown is your group, a mixture of students from the neighboring colleges and the young people of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
Meetings for young adults for Lutheran students from nearby colleges
Meeting dates are being determined
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Our Committees
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church has a number of committees upon which its members serve. View the list of committees below. If you would like to serve on any of the following committees please contact us.
For a brief discription of a committee click on the committee you are interested in.
Evangelism – to tell and proclaim the gracious love of God in Jesus Our Lord.
Worship – to provide the best and most dynamic worship of God.
Education – to teach the love of God as seen in Scripture.
Property – to maintain the property of the church building so that there is a place to do God’s work
Christian Concern – to engage in societal issues like hunger and need.
Stewardship – to assist people in seeing that their whole life is a response to God, time, talent, and financial resources.
Membership and Fellowship – to assist each member in participating in the work of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
Youth – to work with the youth of the church for activities and personal well-being.
Publicity – to promote the work of the church .
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